Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - On August 6, 2021, the Edgar County Watchdogs and Edgar Pal filed a five-count complaint in Cook County Circuit Court naming the Office of the Illinois Attorney General and the Attorney General's Procurement Policy and Compliance Monitoring Board alleging certain violations of...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - We livestreamed the "Unmask Our Kids" rally at the Edgar County Courthouse a few minutes ago. Watch it here: If you know of any newsworthy events we can livestream, drop us a note....
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - In the past year or so, at least two local governments in Illinois have sold vehicles and left their municipal (government) license plates on them for the new owner to use. This is unacceptable, a security issue, and illegal: "It is illegal to operate...
Christian Co. (ECWd) - After numerous tips streaming in regarding the Village of Assumption Illinois, we decided to attend a special meeting held a couple of weeks ago. To say it was entertaining would be an understatement. Our video of this meeting can be viewed at...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - The following are two separate observations of state government actors from the month of July 2021. First, when long-time, high ranking members of the Illinois State Police, in official state police vehicles, think they can drive down the interstate at between 85 and 90...
U.S. (ECWd) - On June 29, 2021, the US Supreme Court issued an order limiting the CDC's authority to issue an eviction moratorium. See order from US Supreme Court concurring opinion issued by Justice Kavanaugh, making it very clear that any extension of the eviction moratorium...
Will Co, (ECWd) - Local gadfly and former Wesley Township highway commissioner was graced with a stay to his jail sanction for two more weeks at yesterday's hearing. As we covered in this article, Norton was ordered to produce certain records by 1:30 pm yesterday.  While...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - On July 30, 2021, Illinois Attorney General Raoul issued a press release warning the public of of spoofed emails allegedly coming from his office. In the press release, he states: "The Attorney General’s office is not using the atg.state.il.us domain name and is...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - July 30, 2021 ***CONSUMER ALERT*** ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL WARNS PUBLIC OF SPOOFED ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE EMAILS Chicago — Attorney General Kwame Raoul is urging people to be on the lookout for scam emails claiming to come from his office. The Attorney General’s office has received...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Today, Governor Pritzker signed HB 633, "The Garden Act" to protect the right to grow vegetables in a garden on residential property. Apparently some municipalities have attempted to regulate gardens to the point where they cannot exist. This Act stops that practice. HB 633 preempts...
